Thursday, June 5, 1947

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The Headlines

RUSSIA BARS U.S. FROM INSPECTING HUNGARY'S ARMY; Our Legation Forbids Flights by Soviet-Hungarian Line in German, Austrian Zones BUDAPEST ENVOY DEFIANT Minister in Washington Says He Does Not Recognize Red Rule -- 7 Aides Back Him RUSSIA BARS U.S. FROM INSPECTION

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Mam'selle

Art Lund

#1 at the box office

The must-have

Tonka Trucks

On This Day

• Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.

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You Share a Birthday With

• John Maynard Keynes (1883)
• Federico García Lorca (1898)
• Dennis Gabor (1900)
• Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (1942)
• Pancho Villa (1878)

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Tech Check

Transistor, Polaroid Land Camera & Defibrillator.

Style of 1947

Silhouette: Cinched waist and full skirt (The New Look)

Material: Taffeta and tulle

• Gloves
• Structured hips
• Matching sets

Cost of Living (1940)